Organizational Management Seminar and Internship for Superintendents

The course is structured to provide superintendent candidates with an understanding of the school system by defining processes and strategies for collecting, analyzing, and using data for decision making at the district leadership level. Opportunities through assignments, activities, and field experiences will be made available to students in order to frame and solve problems, collaborate with other stakeholders in the district and community, and engage in new leadership areas with the site mentorship guidance. The superintendent-board relationships, superintendent-administrative team work, superintendent-community partnerships, student learning and improvement, fiscal leadership topics, and superintendent-employee relations will be studied.

The course provides an internship experience for the superintendent candidates. Under the supervision of the Ashland University faculty member and the superintendent site mentor, the superintendent candidate participates in district level leadership activities and demonstrates the ability to lead, facilitate, and make decisions typical of those made by the district school leader.